McNiven, who first went public in an affidavit included in a 9/11-related federal conspiracy (RICO) lawsuit filed against Bush and others in 2004, claims his unit was ordered to create the "perfect terrorist plan" using commercial airliners as weapons and the Twin Towers as their target.

The head of the 1976 mock terrorist plan was Lt. Michael Teague of Long Island, who McNiven says was given specific orders by higher-ups in the military to use the Twin Towers as the terrorist target.

Also, even in 1976, nobody gave much thought to terror or terrorist strikes in the U.S. because terrorism wasn't even being reported much on an international scale at the time.

1976 Jan 15, Sara Jane Moore was sentenced to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Ford in San Francisco.

1976 Aug 22, EPA scientists reported that they had discovered plutonium in the ocean sediment off the SF coast and radioactive cesium leaking from containers 120 miles east of Ocean City, Md. Some 62,000 steel drums of nuclear waste were dumped into the oceans from 1946-1970.

1976 The U. Copyright Act of 1976 declared unpublished materials to be in the public domain when the records are 100 years old or when the creator of the records has been dead for fifty years, whichever date comes first.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 -- a landmark piece of legislation that changed not only the Bureau of Land Management and the make-up of its workforce, but the face of the West forever.

In 1976, few anticipated the West’s rapid growth and its associated demographic and economic changes, all of which have placed increased demands on the public lands.

But because of the insight and vision of the people who crafted it, FLPMA provides us with the tools we need to cooperatively and creatively manage the public lands, and in the process, dispel the notion that a variety of uses and resources cannot co-exist.

According to documents obtained by Dinges and interviews he conducted for The Condor Years, the CIA station chief in Montevideo received information in late July1976 that two high-level Uruguayan intelligence officers had discussed their ability to have Chile's secret police, DINA, send agents to the United States to kill Koch.

Only after Chilean operatives carried out the September 21, 1976, assassination of former ambassador Orlando Letelier did the CIA warn Koch and share the intelligence with the FBI and the State Department, according to the new book.

In mid October1976, Koch wrote to the Justice Department asking for FBI protection and requesting "any additional information relating to this matter in your files which I should be made aware of." None was provided to him.

The Dangerous Wild Animals Act of 1976 was originally introduced as a private members bill in response to public concern about the keeping of dangerous pets, especially big cats.

It is also proposed to produce secondary legislation to regulate wild animals in circuses, this too is currently timetabled for 2008.

On the main body of the Act, we are mindful of the current failings of the Act and are intending to develop new options for Ministers which aim to deliver the public safety benefits of the legislation and also look to reduce the level of regulatory burden on local authorities and animal keepers.

In 1976 the very first tournament was introduced by Hockey Canada chief Alan Eagleson, which would finally put together all the best players in the world from the six hockey powers: Canada, Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Finland and the USA.

This 1976 Team Canada is considered one of the greatest sports teams ever assembled- right up there with the USA basketball Dream Team of the 1992 Olympics, as well as the Brazilian soccer team of the 1970 World Cup.

Virtually the enitre team were legends in their own right and most of them have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Peter Doyle was never the poet's lover, Whitman's family never felt he had besmirched the family name, and instead of chastising Whitman for his inability to master anything, Whitman's father was actually hired by Walt as a carpenter to build houses Whitman sold as a contractor.]

One of their concerts I saw was in 1976, the year they came out with their biggest hit "Don't Fear the Reaper." So when I first got my DVD player, and didn't yet know about sites like DVD Verdict, I went looking to see if they had anything on DVD.

One cover they always did that I thought was the best version anyone had done was "Born to be Wild." That song, along with 10 others among my favorites, is on this disc.

Seeing those guys like they were in 1976, and even some really dated stuff like lead singer Eric Bloom ranting about the gate guards confiscating patron's pot stashes brought back some memories.